Authoring system for IPTV network
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1. A device comprising:
- a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;
receiving a speech command;
retrieving, in response to the speech command, multimedia data from equipment of a service provider via a network interface, the multimedia data including video data;
receiving an audio signal representing a verbal narrative;
recording the verbal narrative;
associating the verbal narrative with a frame in a sequence of frames of the video data, wherein the frame corresponds to a portion of an image in the received video data and wherein each frame includes an audio track associated with the frame;
generating interframe transitions in the sequence of frames in accordance with editing commands, wherein a duration of the frame is based on a duration of the verbal narrative between successive interframe transitions; and
transmitting the sequence of frames with the verbal narrative over the network for storage in a database as a subscriber authored presentation,wherein the service provider associates the database with a channel of the network, the subscriber authored presentation thereby being viewable by a network subscriber having access to the channel.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a system and method permit an IPTV subscriber to display on a channel of an IPTV network video data from a subscriber video database. The system may include, in addition to the IPTV network and the subscriber database, an IPTV server and an IPTV set top box. The IPTV set top box is configured to receive commands causing the IPTV set top box to retrieve video data from an IPTV subscriber database, display the video data on an IPTV display unit; and to transmit the video data over an IPTV network to an IPTV server. The IPTV server is configured to transmit the video data from the IPTV server over the IPTV network such that the video data is displayable on a channel of the IPTV network.
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1. A device comprising:
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a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising; receiving a speech command; retrieving, in response to the speech command, multimedia data from equipment of a service provider via a network interface, the multimedia data including video data; receiving an audio signal representing a verbal narrative; recording the verbal narrative; associating the verbal narrative with a frame in a sequence of frames of the video data, wherein the frame corresponds to a portion of an image in the received video data and wherein each frame includes an audio track associated with the frame; generating interframe transitions in the sequence of frames in accordance with editing commands, wherein a duration of the frame is based on a duration of the verbal narrative between successive interframe transitions; and transmitting the sequence of frames with the verbal narrative over the network for storage in a database as a subscriber authored presentation, wherein the service provider associates the database with a channel of the network, the subscriber authored presentation thereby being viewable by a network subscriber having access to the channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a speech command; retrieving, by the processing system and in response to the speech command, video data from a first database of a service provider; recording, by the processing system, a verbal narrative; associating, by the processing system, the verbal narrative with a frame of a sequence of frames of the video data, wherein the frame corresponds to a portion of an image in the video data, wherein each frame includes an audio track associated with the frame, and wherein an interframe transition in the sequence of frames is generated in accordance with an editing command, and wherein a duration of the frame is based on a duration of the verbal narrative between successive interframe transitions; and transmitting, by the processing system, the sequence of frames with the verbal narrative over a network for storage as a subscriber authored presentation in a second database remote from the first database, wherein the service provider associates the second database with a channel of the network, the subscriber authored presentation thereby being viewable by a network subscriber having access to the channel. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine-readable storage device comprising instructions which, when executed by a processing system including a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a speech command; retrieving, in response to the speech command, video data from a first database of a service provider; recording a verbal narrative; associating the verbal narrative with a frame of a sequence of frames of the video data, wherein the frame corresponds to a portion of an image in the video data, wherein each frame includes an audio track associated with the frame, wherein an interframe transition in the sequence of frames is generated in accordance with an editing command, and wherein a duration of a frame is based on a duration of the verbal narrative between successive interframe transitions; and transmitting the sequence of frames with the verbal narrative over a network for storage as a subscriber authored presentation in a second database remote from the first database, wherein the service provider associates the second database with a channel of the network, the subscriber authored presentation thereby being viewable by a network subscriber having access to the channel. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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